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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[It.]

A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

☞ The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture.

Heyse.

Example of majolica.

majolica ‎(countable and uncountable, plural majolicas)

A fine Italian glazed earthenware, coated with opaque white enamel and ornamented with metallic colours.
Any other kind of glazed coloured earthenware or faience.

Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1. (etymology)
“majolica” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.